Bottle coolee



Oct. 9, 1923.

J. w. 4WOQDWARD ET AL v BOTTLE COOLER Filed Nov. 2, l1922 Patented @et 9, i923.

I trice JESSE W. WOOD'WARD .AND FRANK E. LEWISOF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

BOTTLE coonnr.;

Application filed November 2, 1922. Serial No. 598,617.

To all eli/m t may concern.'

Be it known that we, Tnssii W. loonwiiin and Fnnii E. Lewis, citizens ofthe United Si'tates, residing at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful lin provenients in Bottle Coolers, of which' the following is a specication.

This invention relates to nicans for maintaining bottled beverages in a. sanitary condition and at a low temperature. The inven tion seeks to provide a bottle-cooling apparatus of such construction that bottled beverages maybe had whenever desired and will be found in a palatable condition, the invention seeking to provide an apparatus which is simple in construction and easily operated to permit the withdrawal of a. botywall 2 and a front tlc from a. cooling chamber. 'The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fullyI set forth.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus embodying our invention showing the bottle container in position to permit the removal of a bottle;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the appa.- ratus showing the bottle-containing com` partincut closed in full lines and showing the opened position in dotted lines.

ln carrying out our invention, we construct the device in units each comprisingr u bottle container', a chamber forice or other Vrefrigerant, and a drip water chamber.

These units are constructed of uniform size and design so that any number of units may be arranged side by -side so as Jto provide a refrigerator of any desired capacity. Each unit comprises side walls 1,V a bach between the side walls, the front and the hack, and the several walls may be connected by corner strips 5 so as to impart an ornamental appearance to the device and also u the bottoni of the container so that the wa` reinforce the saine, the corner strips being extended below the bottoni so as to provide a support, as indicated at 6. 'Cross bars 7 A bottom fr extendsl The Vfront 3 has a lower panel immediately adjacent the lower end of the device, as indicated at 9, and also has an upper panel 10, which pan-els may be ornamented in any desired manner, as will be readilyunderstood. The top of the device consists of a cover or lid 11 which is hinged at its rear end, as indicated at 12, whereby V:it `ina-y be readily raised and loweredfand the front end of this lid or cover rests upon the upper edges of the side walls and the front so that it will make a close connection there-v with and exclude air from the refrigerating chamber `13 which is arranged at the top of the device. The said refrigerating chamber is deiined bythe side walls, the back and front and the'lid or cover 11 and by a. f o'- raininous plate 14 which is removably supported by cleats 15 on the inner surfaces of the several walls, as will be `readily un` derstood on reference to Fig. 2., itbeing noted that the said cleats are approximately in the horizontal plane of the lower edge 0f the top panel 10.V J ust above the lower panel 9 is a door 1G which swings in ahorizontal ously mentioned. This container, it will beA readilynoted, is open at its top sothat the cool air andthe water formed by the melting ice may readily enter the. container and low upon and around the bottlesv placed therein. 'A small quantity of icemay .be placed in the bottom of the container before the bottles are placed therein if so desired,v

and openings or drains 2O are provided in ter formed bythe melting ice may escape from the container into the drip pan 17 in an obvious manner. On the bottom ofthe rcontainer and near the front side lof the same, we secure depending notched brackets 21 which are adapte-d to engage over the 'pins or studs 8, as clearly shown in Fig. 2,

so that the container maybe rocked about the said studs. By having the pivotal mounting of the container near the front side of the same, the filled container will be i,

bearing against the back wall 2 of the cabi` net, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Preferably, the container is constructed with an internal partition 22 so that two different kindsr of beverages may be placed within oneV container and the upper front corner of the container is normally held to the door 18.

by av latch 23 consisting ot' a linger or lug pivotally mounted at its upper end in the upper end ot' the door and adapted to en` gage over the upper edge ot the trent wall oi the container, as shown in Fig. 2.

The container having been lled with bottles, as indicated at 24, is permitted to rock rearwardly so as to assume its normal position Within the cabinet, and in this position itwill holdvthe door 18 tightly closed by reason oit its engagement with the locking linger 2?? onV said door. The warm air from the room is thus prevented from reaching the interior of the cabi et and a suliicient supply of ice or other cooling medium is placed in the cooling chamber throughthe top ot the cabinet to completely ll said chamber so that it will last for a very considerable period. The cool air from the cooling chamber will, of course, descend and'will play directly upon the bottles in Athe container 19 and will flow around the bottles so that .they will be-very thoroughly chilled with their contents and the said contents rendered palatable. When it is desired to withdraw a bottle, the door 1S is simply swung forwardly about its hinged connection and the container will be at once rocked upon' the pins or studs 8 inasmuch as the lfinger 23 will7 ot course, move tor wardly with the door 18. The linger 28 should be long enough to accommodate the relative angular movements ot the container' and the door, and remain in engagement with the container even after the parts reach the Vposition shown by the dotted lines in F ig. 2. One or more bottles maybe then Veasily lifted from the container, is obvi-A ous. lt it should be desired to remove the container 1n order to clean the same or i'or any other purpose, the linger 2?) is swungV :readily withdrawn through the door opening inthe iront of the cabinet.

Our improved retrigerating apparatus very simple in construction and is not apt to get out of order. It readily lends itself to ornamentation and by being constructed in units of uniform style and size may be doubled or extended, as circumstances may demand. It is possible also to arrange units at different places within a store room so that the space may be most advantageously utilized. The bottled beverages willv vbe maintained in a sanitary condition and may be easily withdrawn when desired without Vsubjecting the user to the annoyance causer by merely submerging bottles promiscuously.

the door for rocking movement, and means tor connecting the container withthe door whereby the opening of the door will roel; the container through the iront ot the caslng.

2. An apparatus for the purpose set Jroi-th comprising a casing, a downwardly andoutwardly swinging doorin the iti-ont side or' the casing, a container independently and removably mounted within the casing'in'imediately in rear ot said door for rocking movement, and a latching` inger pivotally mounted in the upper end ot the said door and adapted to engage over the front wall ot' the container.

3. An apparatus tor the purpose set forth comprising a casing, a downwardly and outwardly swinging door in the front side of the casing, container arranged within the casing immediately in rear otsaid door, means Jfor detachably connecting the container with the door, studs on the side walls of the casing adjacent the said door, and notched .lugs secured to the bottom of the container nean the -front wall thereot.' and adapted to engage the said studs whereby the'container will be removably and pivotally supported within the casing independently of the door.

.4. An apparatus for the purpose set. forth including a top ice chamber having holes in the bottom thereoi to provide -tor dripping ot the water, a swinging door, and a container tor bottles to be cooled disposed be-v low the ice chamber andy attached tothe door, said container having holes in the bottom thereof to provide tor removal ot the drip water.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

.mssn w. woonwiinn. {La} FRANK n. Lewis. [1.. Sg 

